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Show USING LUMBER AS FODDER By It. 11. Bucklinin. Mn'-s. Though It may seem a strange statement state-ment nt flrst thought, it is. nevertheless" neverthe-less" true that lumber makes a most dlrablo fodder for cattle, and. In fact, all kinds of live stock. It Is as good us corn, or any other grain; It equals the vTy bet hay; cnsilago will not surpass It In results attained, and all animals llko it, too. What Ii more, it Is comparatively Inexpensive. Tt provides a greater amount of animal heat In proportion j to Its cost than almobt any other bub- , stance whatever. Ten dollar worth of It will do more good around the farm, ordinarily, than almost any j other Investment which tho farmer can make of a like sum. ' I The agriculturist should begin to ro-sort ro-sort to Its use along In tho fall, after tho animals have come In from the pastures for tho winter's keep It should bo purchased In good, sound plecos, free from knots, and, no, not ground up Into sawdust and mingled wfth their rations, but, what Is better, nailed tightly over tho cracks and oreviee In tin- barns and Hlables, whore tho wind Is accustomed to como whistling and moaning in during the winter gales, to set the cattle shlver- lng and tho heep to huddling together to-gether In one corner of their pens. After all. a large portion of the food which sinv animal must havo during the winter goos toward keeping up Ihc bodily lire., and warding off tho effects I of frosi and clilll and damp, if the ! Mime amount of protection can be provided bj moic secure and habit-lablo habit-lablo quarters, then, naturally, the janlmaln need less fopd, In equal proportion pro-portion I Why. nuyono who Is good at figures can "sit down and calculate In a very short tlmo Just what saving in dollars and cents a hundred board feet will accomplish- reduce lumber tn Its equivalent In hay and grain: express wood In terms of feed! It does not require expert knowledge of math- .ematlcs to flguro about what result for good will como from the Judicious use of secure shelter. Plain common sonao will point tho way to solve that prob- 1 1cm, and reduce tho answer to Its ! lowest terms. , I - Did you 'never, ns a boy. long to .spend a season In cairip, and sleep I at night In a tent, or other rude, shelter shel-ter of boards or boughs, and havo you j never noted that tho wind as it Whistled through crack, or crevice, ori rent, at such times, tested your power Jot endurance to tho utmost'' What a j rush thoro always was at night to see who should sleep nxt to the warm camp lire and farthest from tho leaky wnll! Animals arc subject to precisely the same" conditions and sensations. Give them a safe shelter from the storm, and they will 'not fall to appreciate It. j-Put a littlo money Into lumber, this 1 fall, and before spring you will be I pleased to find how nicely the grain I is holding out. |